2008-03-28
Original: 2008-03-28 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man lies reclined in a hospital-style bed, connected by a tube to a machine on a bedside cart. A potted yellow flower sits on a side table. A woman with reddish hair sits facing him.
Man: SWEETIE... I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE - I'VE NEVER BEEN ON DIALYSIS.
Woman: SO... THAT KIDNEY I DONATED...
Panel 2:
A jar/canister with a cartoonish face — two googly eyes, a large bulbous brown nose, and a wide toothy grin.
Votey:
The man holds up the grinning jar/kidney character beside his face.
Man: MR. KIDNEY SAYS "HI!" HAHA... YOUR MOTHER LOVES THAT VOICE
A man lies reclined in a hospital-style bed, connected by a tube to a machine on a bedside cart. A potted yellow flower sits on a side table. A woman with reddish hair sits facing him.
Man: SWEETIE... I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE - I'VE NEVER BEEN ON DIALYSIS.
Woman: SO... THAT KIDNEY I DONATED...
Panel 2:
A jar/canister with a cartoonish face — two googly eyes, a large bulbous brown nose, and a wide toothy grin.
Votey:
The man holds up the grinning jar/kidney character beside his face.
Man: MR. KIDNEY SAYS "HI!" HAHA... YOUR MOTHER LOVES THAT VOICE
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a balding man reclines in a hospital bed, hooked by a tube to a bedside machine, while a red-haired woman sits across from him. He says, "Sweetie... I have a confession to make - I've never been on dialysis." She replies, "So... that kidney I donated..." Panel 2: a close-up of a tall jar or canister given a goofy cartoon face — googly eyes, a big brown bulbous nose, and a wide toothy grin — implying the donated kidney never went to a patient but was instead turned into a creepy puppet-like keepsake. Votey (aftercomic, in black-and-white sketch): the man cheerfully holds the grinning jar up beside his head and says, "Mr. Kidney says 'Hi!' Haha... your mother loves that voice," deepening the unsettling joke that he's been playing with the organ as a toy.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.